If I go to a website where I have conducted business in a neutral environment for half a decade and more, I do not expect political messages of any type. They elicit an immediate, negative reaction, and prompt me to write posts like this one.

The leaders who started this war are responsible for serious incompetence. Of course they do not want to admit that. When a politician comes along who frankly and publicly points out the consequences of their malfeasance, those leaders will not respond in a friendly way. They will defend themselves, even if the truth about what they did is plain to everyone.

If only one university president with a reputation for integrity would publicly repudiate this movement, it would collapse. If one leader stood up for distinguished scientists like Tim Hunt, others would recognize what they must do to protect the integrity of their institutions.

Aubrey did see her folks again, and her mom—along with many other parents—was revolted by the pointless terror. As another angry mom pointed out: If this was really supposed to teach kids a lesson, why teach them to huddle en masse in an open field? Doesn’t that make them easy targets?